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Chapter 8 recap
As she started telling me his condition I felt as though the condition of my brother was good news compared to Luke's.
Chapter 9: Richard and Emily to the rescue
Lorelai's POV 10:00p.m.
Ouch! Bright light, don't open eyes. Ok, never mind, I need to open my eyes, slowly, slowly, not too fast. Where am I? What is all this stuff?
"Lorelai? Lorelai, are you awake?" I heard someone ask, but it sounded so distant, like it was just my mind playing tricks on me. Try sitting up. Owww…ok, bad idea, lay back down. Whoa, who's that? Someone is helping me back down. Try opening eyes a little more. Is that? That's dad helping me back down and next to him is mom! What are they doing here?
"Mom? Dad?" I had to ask, but it came out in a quiet rasp.
"Lorelai, Lorelai how are you feeling?" Emily asked.
"Where am I?" I muttered quietly.
"Lorelai you are in the hospital," The hospital! Why am I here? "You were in an accident. A drunk driver in a SUV hit Luke's truck. Do you remember?" A SUV! Oh my God! Why don't I remember this? Urge! I should remember if a SUV hit Luke's truck. Why don't I remember? "Lorelai? Lorelai, do you remember?"
"Umm…no, I don't," I told my mom, still not knowing why I wouldn't remember that. Just then Rory and someone I didn't recognize came in the door.
"Mom!" I heard Rory yell when she saw that I was awake.
"Hey, Hon," I replied.
"Mom, how are you feeling?" she asked as she made her way quickly over to my side.
"Ok," I answered not really wanting to tell her how bad my body is aching, knowing it would worry her.
"Hi, Lorelai, I'm Doctor Gilday," The woman who I didn't know said.
"Oh, hi," I said back, but then something clicked and all of a sudden I didn't want small talk, I wanted answers. "How long do I have to keep the things here?" I asked first pointed to the wires that were hooked to my body, "And how long do I have to stay here?" I continued, "And are my babies ok? And how about Luke?" I kept going but stopped when I ran out of breathe.
"Lorelai, please, calm down, all your questions will get answered in time," Dr. Gilday said. "But first I need to check you out and make sure everything is okay with you."
"But what about my babies, and Luke? Are they okay?" I really want to know, I don't care about myself, I want to know about my babies and my fiancé.
"Mom, we need to make sure you are okay, and then Dr. Gilday said she would answer your questions.
"Okay," I said to tired for argument. Dr. Gilday checked me to make sure everything was ok, and told me everything was okay. Then she proceeded to tell me what injuries I had: concussion and broken ankle. It was then I look down and realize I have a pink cast on, but because of the concussion Dr. Gilday said I would have to stay at least overnight, and maybe longer depending….then she stopped.
"Depending on what?" I questioned getting worried.
"Depending on how the babies are doing…" she said.
"What is wrong with the babies?" I asked slowly, cautiously.
"You know you are having twins, right?" she asked
"Yes, I know," I answered, "How are they?"
"Well there is a boy and a girl, and the girl is actually doing okay: she has a strong heartbeat and everything," Dr. Gilday told me.
"But what about the boy?" I asked quietly not knowing what to expect, but at the same time expecting the worst.
"The boy is doing better then he was earlier the afternoon, but he is still just barely hanging on. His heartbeat is a little bit stronger than it was, but that is not very strong, though I can tell he is a fighter."
"Why…why is…why is the girl doing so much better than the boy?" I asked trying to stay calm, not being very good at it.
"Well…" Dr. Gilday started, "They both got thrown around a lot, but the boy was in front when the air bag went off, so it affected him a lot more then the little girl," she explained, then she went on to explain the survival chances of each baby and after she finished I had to ask:
"Does Luke know?" Then I was told what I found out that Rory and my parents had been told earlier this afternoon. "Luke…" I cried as I let out a sob, and Rory came and wrapped her arms around my body as I cried. I cried for Rory, I cried for my baby daughter, I cried for my baby son, and most of all I cried for my Luke, my fiancé.
A/N: Ok, I know you didn't learn much in this chapter, sorry, and sorry that this chapter was so short, they will get longer, I promise, but I'm having a bit of a writer's block. So…please review and any ideas you think would be good in the story, please tell.
